ZOTAC ZBox Mini PC to Get VIA Nano X2 Power

[btarunr]

ZOTAC is readying a new ZBox mini-PC model that makes use of VIA Nano X2 ultra-low power x86 platform. Nano X2-powered ZBox models have been already spotted in the Japanese market. The new ZBox model will make use of Nano X2 U4025, which is a dual-core processor clocked at 1.20 GHz. While VIA is the smallest x86 processor vendor, in the ULV category, the company does tend to punch above its weight, competing with low-wattage Intel Atom processors.

The Nano X2 U4025 processor will be backed by VIA VX900H chipset, with integrated S3 Graphics. The VIA-powered ZBox will be available in two SKUs: a complete product, and a barebones package to which you have to add some of your own compatible components. Both will support up to 4 GB of DDR3 memory, a 2.5-inch SATA bay will be provided to install a hard drive or SSD. Most other features will be consistent with other ZBox models: 6-in-1 card reader, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3.0 connectivity, as well as HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Originally based on the Intel Atom platform, ZOTAC's ZBox is available in AMD Fusion "Zacate" platform apart from the new VIA-powered one. The new ZBox models will be available worldwide by the end of this month.



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[RejZoR]

S3 Chrome wasn't that bad so this can be a pretty interesting option.

 

[Frick]

Finally some nano love! Bring em on!

I got a Nano board a while back and it's pretty darn sweet.

 

[temp02]

Finally some VIA love.

EDIT: get out of my head! xD

 

[Completely Bonkers]

Benchmarks Atom vs. Zacate vs VIA would be nice.

Here's a started: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/nanoX2/whitepaper.jsp VIA Nana X2 beats Atom D525 by average of 35% despite lower clock of VIA

 

[Frick]

The problem with Nano x2 afaik is that they are very hard to find.

 

[Baum]

It all comes dow to drivers again, if the s3 just dies by driver support and on the ati box flash runs gpu accelerated you might ignore the cpu

 

[xBruce88x]

wish they'd put the chrome 540gtx in there, but the 1.2ghz cpu would bottle neck that probably. still the later chrome gpus were pretty decent. I think that 540 was on par with an 8600gt. the model of the "s3 graphics" would be nice to know btw...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Benchmarks Atom vs. Zacate vs VIA would be nice.

Here's a started: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/processors/nanoX2/whitepaper.jsp VIA Nana X2 beats Atom D525 by average of 35% despite lower clock of VIA

Long story short, the CPU power is better, but the Zacate on-die GPU destroys anything in its class by a mile.

 

[Tralalak]

World's Biggest Review Marathon of VIA Nano X2 processor

Hi everybody.

World's Biggest Review Marathon of VIA Nano X2 processor with many benchmarks all this week.

link: http://extrahardware.cnews.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6217&start=575#p272087

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Nice to see Via come out of the closet and wade into the ULV (or at least APU) Processor war.

 

[CyberDruid]

Do want.

 

[micropage7]

yeah at last we hear again from VIA

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Do want!

 

[MikeMurphy]

Finally a box with more power than an atom.

Then they fuck it up by clocking it down to 1.2ghz :shadedshu

Its not like they have to worry about product cannibalization. These things should have unlocked everything, incl multipliers and vcore settings. But, I know they won't.

 

[RejZoR]

Well, AMD Fusion C50 is also clocked at just 1GHz yet it's perfectly fine.

 

[n-ster]

TBH, I think that an option for a boost to 1.5GHz would have made it REALLY good (ie: not just fine or good)